Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Hiko rejected the Blackbeard Pirates’ offer and let Burgess and his crew leave, but Shiryu attacked after reinforcements arrived. Shiryu wounded Luo and Drake, while Hiko mocked him for holding back, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Hiko refused Burgess’s offer to join or ally with the Blackbeard Pirates and ordered him to leave.
• Burgess restrained Shiryu and said their captain would decide whether Hiko was a friend or foe.
• Luo, Jinbe, Urouge, and the first contingent of the Zoan Devil Fruit User Army arrived and surrounded the pirates.
• Shiryu attacked Hiko, knocked Luo away, and wounded Drake after Drake transformed into a dinosaur.
• Hiko mocked Shiryu for using a tactical probing attack, and Shiryu’s vicious smile disappeared.

Uchiha Hiko faced Shiryu, Perospero, Burgess, and the other Pirates after rejecting Blackbeard’s recruitment offer. When they launched a coordinated assault, Hiko’s side counterattacked, and Hiko wounded Shiryu before Perospero saved him with a Candy Barrier.

• Luo and Drake returned to Hiko after Shiryu’s attack, while Perospero urged the Pirates to attack Hiko together.
• Hiko challenged the gathered Pirates, and Shiryu led dozens of them in an attack.
• Luo used ROOM to move Hiko, Drake, and himself out of the blast zone, while Jinbe ordered Dressrosa’s fighters to engage the Pirates.
• Hiko told Luo and Drake to coordinate the outnumbered fighters, and they joined Urouge and Jinbe to direct the battle.
• Shiryu attacked Hiko with wind blades and a Haki-coated sword, but Hiko blocked his attacks and pierced his abdomen with a Finger Pistol.
• Perospero created a Candy Barrier that stopped Hiko’s kunai from reaching Shiryu.

Law, Drake, Jinbe, and Urouge led Uchiha Hiko’s Devil Fruit Users against the allied Pirates, using coordinated attacks to split and overwhelm the enemy. As the four commanders fought together, Drake realized he felt trust in his companions.

• Law charged into the enemy formation with ten Zoan Devil Fruit Users, splitting the Pirates apart and attacking a small group.
• Drake led the Devil Fruit troops in a coordinated charge, crushing several Pirates and killing the man who tried to stop him.
• Jinbe targeted the enemy’s stronger fighters while Urouge supported the others and controlled the battle’s flow.
• Law, Drake, Jinbe, and Urouge worked together to wear down the allied Pirates, who lacked trust and effective leadership.
• Drake watched his companions fight and wondered if the warmth he felt was trust.

Uchiha Hiko’s trained Devil Fruit users routed the hastily assembled Pirate alliance while Hiko fought off its strongest fighters. After breaking Shiryu’s powerful slash and severely injuring him, Hiko appeared among the remaining Pirates, prompting Burgess to order a retreat.

• Luo and the other three led the Devil Fruit users in crushing the Pirates’ forces within minutes.
• Hiko evaded Shiryu’s slash, blasted a sneaking Pirate with Explosive Tags, and melted Perospero’s Candy Prison with his fire dragons.
• Perospero and several Pirates combined their attacks to intercept Hiko’s fire dragons, while Shiryu launched another powerful slash at Hiko.
• Hiko pierced Shiryu’s blade aura with a Rasengan and struck Shiryu in the chest, badly injuring him.
• Hiko moved among the remaining fighters, and Burgess saw that five of the nine attackers had fallen before ordering a retreat.

Jinbe and the Devil Fruit User Corps captured Burgess and Shiryu as the Blackbeard Pirates’ allies were routed. Hiko subdued two samurai, and he revealed that he had deliberately allowed Perospero to escape.

• Burgess tried to rescue Shiryu, but Jinbe intercepted him and helped the Devil Fruit Users capture him alive.
• Luo and Drake scattered the Pirates, while Perospero ordered a retreat and abandoned the two samurai fighting Hiko.
• Hiko knocked out the samurai, and Urouge had them bound and taken into custody.
• The remaining Pirates fled as Hiko and Urouge surveyed the battlefield.
• Urouge noted that Perospero had escaped, and Hiko said he had let him go on purpose.

After crushing the pirate coalition, Uchiha Hiko revealed that BIGMOM and Blackbeard fleets were approaching Dressrosa and called on neutral nations to join his alliance against pirates. The leaders faced a choice between joining Hiko and risking the Four Emperors' retaliation, as Hiko prepared to use the coming battle to announce his plan to the world.

• Jinbe, Luo, Drake, Kyros, and the others defeated the pirate forces, capturing more than 130 pirates, including Burgess and Shiryu of the Rain.
• King Riku invited leaders from neutral nations to a meeting where Uchiha Hiko told them that fleets from the BIGMOM Pirates and Blackbeard Pirates were nearing Dressrosa.
• Hiko explained that the fleets had been sent after he refused negotiations and said they would arrive within hours.
• Hiko told the gathered leaders that he would form a grand alliance to fight pirates and asked them to choose whether to join.
• Hiko promised protection to alliance members and said he would use the coming battle to announce his plan to the world.

Uchiha Hiko proposed an alliance that would aid and protect its member nations, but most representatives rejected its terms and left. Four impoverished nations agreed to join, and Hiko named the alliance after himself, leaving his plan to begin after the coming battle.

• Uchiha Hiko offered to help member nations, protect them from Pirates and hostile neighbors, and grant the earliest members tax exemption while charging later members more.
• Most representatives rejected the alliance and left the Meeting Room, while Drake grew angry and Hiko said they would return when they needed help.
• Four representatives from impoverished nations stayed and asked whether Hiko could fulfill his promises despite a fleet under one of the Four Emperors nearing Dressrosa.
• Uchiha Hiko promised the four nations tax exemption and aid after the coming battle, and they agreed to join his alliance.
• Uchiha Hiko named the alliance after himself: the Uchiha Alliance.

Uchiha Hiko sent Dressrosa’s small fleets out to confront the Four Emperors’ forces, planning to break their morale before his allies attacked. As the Konoha Go raced toward the battlefield, young Celestial Dragons decided to sail out and watch the fight.

• Dressrosa mobilized its national army, and Trafalgar Law, Jinbe, Urouge, and Drake led four fleets in different directions.
• Uchiha Hiko’s departure aboard the Konoha Go drew cheers from Dressrosa’s people.
• The young Celestial Dragons decided to head for the battlefield, despite Kaku’s concern about the danger.
• Hiko told Urouge and Law he would crush the enemy’s morale first, then have the other fleets attack from all sides.
• Kraken propelled the Konoha Go beneath the sea as Hiko ordered his subordinates to make the battle spectacular.

After fleeing Uchiha Hiko, Perospero led a massive BIGMOM Pirates fleet toward Dressrosa and warned his siblings not to underestimate their enemy. When their scouts disappeared and a Sea Beast-dragged ship approached, he ordered the fleet into a defensive formation, just as a crimson beam descended toward them.

• Perospero recounted Uchiha Hiko's strength to the Charlotte Family commanders and ordered them to avoid fighting him directly until they had destroyed his forces.
• Perospero revealed that the Jer� Legion had sent two fleets as reinforcements and warned that the BIGMOM Pirates could not afford to lose.
• A pirate reported that all the fleet's Sea Beast scouts had lost contact, and Perospero learned they had seen a ship being pulled toward them by a huge Sea Beast.
• Perospero suspected Fishman Island had joined Uchiha Hiko's forces and ordered the fleet into a defensive formation.
• A crimson beam erupted from the horizon and arced down toward the BIGMOM Pirates' fleet.

Uchiha Hiko attacked the BIGMOM Pirates’ fleet with fire and a powerful Susanoo, while Perospero rallied the pirates to counter him. The chapter left Hiko enclosed inside Perospero’s candy fortress as the pirates charged to attack.

• Perospero raised the alarm and organized the BIGMOM Pirates after Uchiha Hiko appeared above their fleet.
• Hiko unleashed a Meteor Shower, but the pirates combined their attacks to extinguish most of the falling flames.
• Hiko summoned his purple-gold Susanoo, which destroyed a pirate ship with a spear beam and repelled the fleet’s cannon fire.
• Perospero linked the ships with candy pathways and sent the pirates charging at the Susanoo, but Hiko smashed the pathways apart.
• Perospero built a candy fortress around the Susanoo, and the pirates launched another assault as Perospero returned to his ship, weakened.

Uchiha Hiko battered the BIGMOM Pirates with Susanoo and a massive water attack, but Perospero rallied the fleet and kept its fighters organized. Hiko then fought his way toward Perospero, while waves of Pirates continued trying to stop him.

• The BIGMOM Pirates destroyed Hiko’s Susanoo with a barrage of attacks and more than a thousand cannon shells.
• Hiko unleashed Sage Art: Water Style: Heavenly River, sinking two ships and throwing the fleet into disarray, but Perospero ordered the Pirates to rescue their companions and regroup.
• Hiko swooped toward Perospero, dodged his Candy Cannonball, and sent nearby Pirates flying with Wood Style: Wood Dragon Technique.
• Perospero and more than a hundred Pirates restrained and overturned the wooden dragon using Devil Fruit abilities and hardened syrup.
• Hiko advanced toward Perospero, blasted another group of intervening Pirates away with a tornado, and continued his approach.

Uchiha Hiko defeated and hypnotized Perospero, learning that the BIGMOM Pirates had mobilized forty thousand troops to force him to submit and obtain information about the source of Devil Fruits. After Hiko called Jinbe to begin the second phase of the plan, dark shapes surged out of the sea beneath the BIGMOM fleet.

• Uchiha Hiko melted Perospero’s syrup attack and struck him down after defeating the Pirates on the main ship.
• Uchiha Hiko hypnotized Perospero and learned the BIGMOM Pirates had mobilized forty thousand troops, including Germa forces, to seize information about the source of Devil Fruits.
• Uchiha Hiko overwhelmed Perospero with spiritual pressure, leaving him unconscious, then disrupted the ship and flew above the fleet.
• Uchiha Hiko called Jinbe and confirmed that the decapitation operation had succeeded, prompting Jinbe to begin the second phase of the plan.
• Moscato took command after Perospero fell, but dark shapes erupted from the sea and sent the BIGMOM ships rocking in the waves.

Hiko’s Kraken Unit devastated the BIGMOM Pirates’ fleet, but withdrew after Jinbe reported that Dressrosa’s forces were in position beneath the enemy. As the battered fleet began rescuing survivors, a messenger warned the officers of enemy activity in the sea.

• Hiko’s Kraken Unit rose from the seabed, capsized ships, and shattered the BIGMOM Pirates’ formation with a sudden assault.
• The BIGMOM Pirates counterattacked with cannon fire and powerful fighters, inflicting severe injuries on the Krakens as Hiko stepped in to protect them.
• Hiko contacted Jinbe, who revealed that Dressrosa’s fleets were waiting directly beneath the enemy fleet.
• Hiko ordered the Kraken Unit to withdraw and told all forces to move out.
• The BIGMOM Pirates began rescuing their wounded and dead, then received a messenger’s warning that enemy activity had been spotted in the sea.

The BIGMOM Pirates regrouped by abandoning pirates in the sea, only to be ambushed by four Dressrosa fleets led by Trafalgar Law, Jinbe, Urki, and Drake. As the Dressrosa Army battered their disorganized fleet and morale collapsed, a BIGMOM officer announced that the Jel� Legion would arrive within half an hour.

• A BIGMOM officer ordered the fleet to close ranks, and the pirates left their comrades in the sea to be crushed beneath their ships.
• Hiko saw the fleet regrouping and warned that its response had come too late.
• Warships emerged from beneath the sea in four fronts, led by Trafalgar Law, Jinbe, Urki, and Drake, and attacked the BIGMOM Pirates.
• The Dressrosa Army’s coordinated artillery fire devastated the BIGMOM fleet while its disorganized counterattacks damaged its own ships.
• As BIGMOM Pirates officers considered retreat, one announced that the Jel� Legion would arrive within half an hour.

Hiko watched the Dressrosa Army push the BIGMOM Pirates fleet toward defeat, then provoked the arriving Celestial Dragons into joining the fight. Their warship’s heavy artillery devastated the Pirates and left their destruction seemingly assured.

• The BIGMOM Pirates rallied when they heard Germa 66 was coming, but Dressrosa’s fleets soon overwhelmed them again.
• Hiko spotted the Celestial Dragons’ flagship arriving near the Konoha Go and dismissed its offer to help.
• Hiko taunted the Celestial Dragons, prompting them to order their warship and CP0 into battle.
• The Celestial Dragons’ warship devastated the BIGMOM Pirates fleet with concentrated cannon fire, destroying two ships and causing heavy casualties.
• Hiko watched as the battle turned further against the BIGMOM Pirates and concluded that the overall outcome was settled.

Hiko crushed the BIGMOM Pirates’ fleet, then accepted their surrender and arranged for the Marines to take custody of the captured pirates. After controlling captured officers with his Dojutsu, he learned that Germa was the Pirates’ planned reinforcement and that Big Mom had refused to send the Sweet Commanders.

• Hiko observed that the BIGMOM Pirates’ retaliation was weakening as their crews began mutinying and pleading to surrender.
• Luo and the other fleets completed their encirclement, and Urouge told Hiko that the BIGMOM Pirates were requesting surrender.
• Hiko accepted the surrender and ordered his forces to contact the Marines about taking custody of the captured pirates and paying their bounties.
• The BIGMOM Pirates laid down their weapons, and Jinbe detained them aboard the warships bound for Dressrosa.
• Hiko used his Dojutsu to control resisting officers, who revealed that the Germa Army was their planned reinforcement and that Big Mom had rejected Katakuri’s request to join the battle.

After defeating the BIGMOM Pirates fleet, Hiko had Jinbe escort the captured pirates to Dressrosa and prepared for another threat. The Celestial Dragons arrived seeking more fighting, but Hiko warned them that the Jel� Legion was coming, and they laughed at the name.

• Jinbe led the captured BIGMOM Pirates toward Dressrosa while Hiko warned them that the Krakens would destroy any ships that caused trouble.
• Hiko’s forces recognized the victory as a rise for Dressrosa and its standing among the New World’s great powers.
• A Celestial Dragons’ warship approached the Konoha Go, but Hiko surrounded it with Krakens until it slowed to a crawl.
• The Celestial Dragons confronted Hiko, but his killing intent and the Krakens frightened them into falling silent.
• Hiko told the Celestial Dragons that the Blackbeard Pirates and the Jel� Legion would soon appear, and they laughed, claiming they could defeat the Jel� Legion easily.

Uchiha Hiko manipulated the Celestial Dragons and Germa to pressure the Vinsmoke Family into choosing between the World Government and the Four Emperors, weakening their alliance either way. He revealed his plans for a grand alliance to Luo and left Luo wondering whether Hiko truly intended to oppose the World Government.

• Uchiha Hiko explained to Luo that Germa would avoid harming the Celestial Dragons but would be forced to reconsider its alliance with Charlotte Linlin.
• Uchiha Hiko admitted that he had provoked the Celestial Dragons into confronting Germa to drive a wedge between the Vinsmoke Family and the Four Emperors.
• Luo and Drake realized how broadly Uchiha Hiko had planned and confessed that his schemes frightened them.
• Uchiha Hiko reminded Luo that he intended to form a grand alliance, and Luo asked whether he planned to oppose the World Government.
• Uchiha Hiko denied ever saying he wanted to oppose the World Government and laughed that Luo's future would be more interesting.

Vinsmoke Ichiji’s Germa forces encountered Celestial Dragons, who claimed Dressrosa had already defeated the BIGMOM Pirates and demanded that Germa abandon its mission and follow them. Ichiji was left weighing whether to risk offending the Four Emperors or the Celestial Dragons.

• Ichiji learned that a Celestial Dragons’ warship was approaching Germa’s fleet and informed commander-in-chief Vinsmoke Judge.
• Ichiji met the Celestial Dragons, and Doval told him they had bet Uchiha Hiko that Germa would stop its campaign against Dressrosa.
• Ichiji explained that Germa was heading to Dressrosa only as reinforcements for show, since the BIGMOM Pirates had sailed there first.
• Doval claimed that the Celestial Dragons had annihilated the BIGMOM Pirates and captured their forces, then ordered Ichiji to come with them and follow Doval’s command.
• Ichiji considered the consequences of abandoning his mission and was left facing a choice between displeasing the Four Emperors and defying the Celestial Dragons.

Hiko prepared Dressrosa’s forces for the approaching Blackbeard Pirates, hoping the Germa 66 Legion would join him or deter the enemy. The chapter ended as the Blackbeard fleet spotted Germa 66 arriving, leaving its purpose unclear.

• Hiko told Luo, Drake, and Urouge that Dressrosa was waiting for the Germa 66 Legion rather than trying to defeat a Blackbeard fleet alone.
• Hiko explained that he hoped Germa 66 would help deter the Blackbeard Pirates and lend its technological power to his planned alliance.
• A patrol reported that a Blackbeard fleet of more than twenty thousand was approaching, and Hiko ordered the patrols back and his forces to prepare without attacking.
• The Blackbeard commander ordered his fleet to engage Dressrosa, then learned that the legendary Germa 66 Legion had appeared nearby.